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HomeMy Public PortalAboutPlanning and Zoning Minutes 05-01-2018RICHLAND HILLS PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING CITY HALL, 3200 DIANA DRIVE MAY 1, 2018 MINUTES Members Present: Erick Sabin, Place 1 Jackson Durham, Place 3 Ricky Head, Place 5 Michael Wilson, Alternate 1 Absent Kyle LaPointe, Chairman Sherry Utchell, Place 2 Staff Jason Moore, Assistant City Manager Kay Duffy, Development Manager 1. CALL TO ORDER Erick Sabin, sitting in for Chairman LaPointe, called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL AND DETERMINATION OF A QUORUM. Mr. Sabin announced that a quorum was present for the meeting. 3. APPROVAL OF THE APRIL 17, 2018 MEETING MINUTES Jackson Durham motioned to approve the minutes from the previous meeting. There was a second by Michael Wilson and all approved. 4. PUBLIC HEARING FOR A SUP AT 3313 CRITES DRIVE. SUP 2018-0331. Kay Duffy introduced the property at 3313 Crites and the nonprofit called I Still Can Shine that wants to operate a community center at the property to provide services for women and children who are victims of domestic abuse. Issues surrounding fencing and landscaping were presented and members discussed the appropriateness of requiring screening between the property and the multifamily building just to the north. Jason added that our ordinance does not require screening between a commercial property and a multifamily unit. Mr. Sabin opened the public hearing at 5:38. Brenda Jackson, of North Richland Hills, is the director and founder of the organization. She gave members a brief overview of the services provided by the group, which has been in operation in North Richland Hills for 38 years. Mr. Durham asked about volunteer opportunities. Mr. Head asked whether the address would be advertised publicly, and Brenda offered that they had only had one incident with an ex and it was many years ago. Dottie Nicholson of Hurst also spoke on behalf of I Still Can Shine. She specifically addressed the type of traffic that would be coming in out stating that on average they have 5-6 people dropping off donations during the day. The public hearing was closed by the acting chair at 5:47 pm. 5. ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION Jason Moore reminded the commission that they were approving the use of the property, not just the individual business. Commissioners inquired about surrounding properties and considered what restrictions they might add to protect the city from any unintended consequences of granting an SUP to this property. Ricky Head moved to approve an SUP at 3313 Crites Avenue for I Still Can Shine to operate a community center with the condition that client services are not scheduled past 9 pm. Michael Wilson seconded the motion and all approved. 6. PUBLIC HEARING FOR A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE SF-10 SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION. ZTA 2018-0293. Jason Moore presented the current zoning restrictions created in 2015, which only allow a homeowner to submit an SUP for a guesthouse in the SF-E district. Jason noted that there are some lots in the SF-10 district that are equal in size and that by adding the text amendment each case would be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Ricky Head suggested that as long as we are amending the text for the SF-10 district we should consider adding an SUP option for a guest house in the SF-7 district as well. Attorney James Donovan advised that we could not add this consideration at this time as it had not been part of the public notice for the hearing. Eric Sabin opened the public meeting at 6:04 pm. No one spoke on the issue and the public hearing was closed at 6:05pm. 7. ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION Ricky Head, who was on City Council when the comprehensive plan was adopted in 2014, stated that he didn't feel it was the intent to never allow a guest house and the other commissioners also commented that given that an SUP requires acase-by-case assessment, there didn't appear to be reason to vote against this measure. Jackson Durham made the motion to approve a zoning text amendment to the use chart of the Richland Hills zoning ordinance to include the provision to allow a guesthouse in SF-10 with an approved SUP using all development conditions currently in place in Section 3.02.01(19). Mr. Head seconded the motion and all approved. 8. EXECUTIVE SESSION No executive session was required at this meeting. 9. SET THE DATE AND TIME OF THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED COMMISSION MEETING The next meeting date is a joint meeting with City Council on Monday, May 14th at 7 pm. James Donavan informed us that as of June 1St his obligations with another city will conflict with our recent switch to meetings on the first Tuesday of the month. The commission discussed the possibility to switch our meetings to fourth Tuesdays but with two members absent, the decision was delayed until the May 14th meeting. 10. ADJOURN Mr. Sabin adjourned the meeting at 6:10 pm. ATTEST Kay Duffy, Development Manager APPROVED LaPointe, Chairman \\\~\\\i ~IIiIII11J/JI/~~~'`/ .w Y t ~~.. .• ////~~~~`~~~r u n n l 11111\\`~~~\ ```